Rail fastener



May 1, 1923. 1,453,641

' L. M. SARTAIN} RAIL FASTENER Filed Dec. 21, 1922 Patented May 1, 1923.

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Application fi1ed December21', 1922. Serial No. 603,268.

Be it known that I, LOUIS M. SARTAIN, a States, residing at Pelham, in the county of Grundy andState of Tennessee, I have invented a new and useful Rail Fastener, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates .to fasteners for railroad rails, one of its objects being to provide a combined chair and clamp whereby when rails are properly positioned in engagement with the device they will be clamped tightly and held in proper relation with each other without the use of bolts, fish plates, and the like.

Another'object is to provide a structure of this character which can be applied readily to the ordinary wooden ties.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts which will lee-hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims, it being understood that various changes may be made in the construction without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the rail fastener, portions of the joined rails being broken away.

v Figure 2 is a section on line 22 Figure 1.

Referring to the, figures by characters of reference 1 designates an elongated base plate provided in the bottom face thereof at each end, with a central longitudinal recess 2'. Another recess 3 is formed in the top face of the plate 1 near each end and these recesses 3 communic te at their outer ends with the inner ends of the recesses 2. Additional recesses 4 are formed in the'top of the plate 1 close to and between the recesses 3. I

Removably mounted on the plate 1 are opposed clamping jaws 5 recessed, as at 6. to receive the base flanges 'r of the rails R to be joined. Thus the'lower portions of supported. I j

Extending outwardly from the jawsf5 are tongues 8 each having spaced ,projec-' tions '9 and When the, tongue 8 is properly seated on plate 1v the" the jaws'form seats 7 on which the ran ers i 10 onthe lower facejthereof, adapted to'rest within the respective re 3. An ear 1.1 projects from the" a the 'bottom of 1 upper face of the tongue. is'slightly inclined upwardly toward jaw 5 as shown in Figure 2. Thus a holding band or ring 12 can be slipped over plate 1 and tongue 8 and caused to frictionally engage them so as to bind them together.

Sockets 13 are provided in the grippingfaces of the jaws 5 and pins 14'. having pointed ends, are adapted to be placed in holes H provided in the webs of the rails R. i i

I In using this device the pins 14 are pl inthe holes H so as to project beyond'the webs of the rails. Plate lis then inserted under the rails where they come together aced and while thetongues. 8 are supported in inclined positions with the jaws "5 spaced apart the tongues 11 are inserted diagonal ly downwardly into the recesses 3 and 2 While the recesses 6 ceive the base flanges 1- 0f the rails. As soon as the parts have thus been assembled the rails are lowered toward the plate 1 and will thrust the tongues 8 downwardly until the projections 9 and recesses 4 and 3. 5 will move towardeach other and clamp the webs of the fails, the pointed projecting ends of the pins 14 becoming seated 1n the sockets 13. Thereafterthe bands or rings 12 can be placed in position and the parts thus held securely. Plate 1 placed in openings 15in the plate." What is-claimed is:

10 are, seated in the" At the same .time jaws can be fastened to the'usual wooden" tie by means of spikes I 100 are positioned to re- I 1. The combination with a base plate havf i ing recesses in the upperface thereof and recesses in the lower face communicating.

with the upper recesses, of opposed clamping jaws recessed to receive of rails, said jaws portions, tongues extending from the jaws,

projections onithe tongues insertable down w wardly into the recesses in the base plate, and ears upon theprojections insertable into there'cesses in the top an the base flanges having rail supporting (1 bottom of the i I the upper and lower recesses and adapted plate and adapted to be seated in the bottom recesses.

2. The combination with a base plate having communicating recesses in the upper and lower facesthereof, of opposed rail clamping jaws having recesses for the reception of the base flanges of rails, tongues extending from the jaws, projections thereon adapted to be seated in the upper recesses, and ears on the projections insertable into the upper and lower recesses and adapted to be seated in the lower recesses.

3. The combination with a base plate having communicating recesses in the upper and lower faces thereof, of opposed rail clamping jaws having recesses for the reception of the base flanges of rails, tongues extending from the jaws, projections thereon adapted to be seated in the upper recesses, ears on the projections insertable into to be seated in the lower recesses, and bands det'achably mounted on and extending around the plate andv tongues for holding them assembled.

4, The combination with base plate, of

opposed rail clamping jaws having recesses tor the reception of the base flanges of rails,

there being sockets in the jaws, tongues proj ecting from the jaws, means on the tongues for interlocking engagement with the base plate, rails seated between the 'jaws,- and pins extending transversely through the rails and havin their ends projecting into' the sockets in the jaws. 

